# Regions of Romania (NUTS 2) by at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate (AROPE), 2025

All 8 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `at_risk_of_poverty_or_social_exclusion_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who are at risk of poverty (equivalised disposable income below 60% of the national median after social transfers), severely materially and socially deprived, or living in a household with very low work intensity, as a percentage of the total population. Each person is counted once even if more than one condition applies.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region (ilc_peps11n) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_peps11n/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Eurostat. Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region (ilc_peps11n). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_peps11n/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/at-risk-of-poverty-or-social-exclusion-rate/romania-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sud-Est | 38 |
| 2 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 36 |
| 3 | Nord-Est | 30.3 |
| 4 | Nord-Vest | 27.5 |
| 4 | Sud-Muntenia | 27.5 |
| 6 | Centru | 24.1 |
| 7 | Vest | 20.2 |
| 8 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 13.6 |